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PATII OF LIBERATION
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(309) Injury to living beings (himsā), speaking falsehood, taking away a thing which is not given (theft), sexual enjoyment with other than one's own wife (incontinence) and limitless desire for possession (parigraha)-abstinence from these acts are called (five) small vows.
(310) One should not tie, injure, mutilate, load heavy burdens and deprive from food and drink any animal or human being with a polluted mind by anger or other passions (these five are the transgration (aticāra) of the vow of Ahińsä.
(311) Refraining from major type of falsefood is the second vow; this major type of falsehood is of five kinds; speaking untruth about unmarried girls, animals and lands, repudiating debts or pledges and giving false evidence.
(312) Making a false charge rashly (or without consideration), divulging any one's secret, disclosing the secrets confided to by one's own wife, giving false advice and preparation of a false document or writing - these should be avoided.
(313) One should desist from: buying stolen property, inciting another to commit theft, avoiding the rules of govemment, use of false weights and measures, adulteration and preparation to counterfeit coins and notes.
(314) One should refrain from having intercourse with a woman kept by a vagabond or with one looked after by none, from committing unnatural sexual act, from arranging another's marriage (alternatively from marrying twice) and from intense desire for sexual act.
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